14.6% Pay Uplift Over 28 Months
A resolution to the teacher pay dispute is now in sight after the EIS and SSTA unions voted to accept a historic sixth offer.
Teachers across Scotland have been offered the largest pay package in over twenty years, with most teachers set to see their salaries rise by £5,200 in April. The EIS said 90% voted for the deal, from a ballot turnout of 82%.
The 28-month deal has a cumulative value of 14.6%, and means an overall increase of more than £6,100 for the 70% of classroom teachers who are at the top of their main grade pay scale.
It amounts to a cumulative rise of 33% for most teachers since January 2018, and will bring the starting salary for a fully qualified teacher – already the highest in the UK – to £38,650 after probation by January 2024.
The revised offer, agreed by the Scottish Government and COSLA, was:
- 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 – a 7% uplift for all grades up to a ceiling of £80,000, where a cap of £5,600 (pro-rata) will apply
- 1 April 2023 to 31 December 2023 – a 5% uplift for all grades up to a ceiling of £80,000, where a cap of £4,000 (pro-rata) will apply
- 1 January 2024 to 31 July 2024 – a 2% uplift for all grades up to a ceiling of £80,000, where a cap of £1,600 (pro-rata) will apply
Cumulatively, these amount to an uplift of 12.4% by April 2023 and 14.6% from 1 January 2024.
Background
Current Salary 2021/22 | Salary following 1/4/22 7% increase | Salary following 1/4/23 5% increase | Salary following 1/1/24 2% increase | |
Principles Point 8 | £59,571.00 | £63,741.00 | £66,927.00 | £68,265.54 |
Probationers Main Scale Point 0 | £28,113.00 | £30,081.00 | £31,584.00 | £32,215.68 |
Teachers Main Scale Point 1 | £33,729.00 | £36,090.00 | £37,896.00 | £38,653.92 |
Teachers Main Scale Point 2 | £35,643.00 | £38,139.00 | £40,047.00 | £40,847.94 |
Teachers Main Scale Point 3 | £37,713.00 | £40,353.00 | £42,372.00 | £43,219.44 |
Teachers Main Scale Point 4 | £40,107.00 | £42,915.00 | £45,060.00 | £45,961.20 |
Teachers Main Scale Point 5 | £42,336.00 | £45,300.00 | £47,565.00 | £48,516.30 |
Music Instructors Point 6 | £39,147.00 | £41,886.00 | £43,980.00 | £44,859.60 |
Educational Psychologist Point 6 | £60,423.00 | £64,653.00 | £67,887.00 | £69,244.74 |
Principal Ed. Psych Point 9 | £74,382.00 | £79,590.00 | £83,571.00 | £85,171.00 |
L Teach Point National | £67,449.00 | £72,171.00 | £75,780.00 | £77,295.60 |
Heads & Deputes Point 1 | £52,350.00 | £56,016.00 | £58,818.00 | £59,994.00 |
Heads & Deputes Point 2 | £53,964.00 | £57,741.00 | £60,627.00 | £61,839.54 |
Heads & Deputes Point 3 | £55,740.00 | £59,643.00 | £62,625.00 | £63,877.50 |
Heads & Deputes Point 4 | £57,657.00 | £61,692.00 | £64,776.00 | £66,071.52 |
Heads & Deputes Point 5 | £59,571.00 | £63,741.00 | £66,927.00 | £68,265.54 |
Heads & Deputes Point 6 | £61,185.00 | £65,469.00 | £68,742.00 | £70,116.84 |
Heads & Deputes Point 7 | £62,964.00 | £67,371.00 | £70,740.00 | £72,154.80 |
Heads & Deputes Point 8 | £64,737.00 | £69,270.00 | £72,735.00 | £74,189.70 |
Heads & Deputes Point 9 | £66,498.00 | £71,154.00 | £74,712.00 | £76,206.24 |
Heads & Deputes Point 10 | £68,271.00 | £73,050.00 | £76,704.00 | £78,238.08 |
Heads & Deputes Point 11 | £71,223.00 | £76,209.00 | £80,019.00 | £81,619.00 |
Heads & Deputes Point 12 | £74,175.00 | £79,368.00 | £83,337.00 | £84,937.00 |
Heads & Deputes Point 13 | £77,124.00 | £82,524.00 | £86,523.00 | £88,123.00 |
Heads & Deputes Point 14 | £80,070.00 | £84,870.00 | £88,869.00 | £90,469.00 |
Heads & Deputes Point 15 | £83,445.00 | £88,245.00 | £92,244.00 | £93,844.00 |
Heads & Deputes Point 16 | £87,771.00 | £92,571.00 | £96,570.00 | £98,170.00 |
Heads & Deputes Point 17 | £91,212.00 | £96,012.00 | £100,011.00 | £101,611.00 |
Heads & Deputes Point 18 | £95,409.00 | £100,209.00 | £104,208.00 | £105,808.00 |
Heads & Deputes Point 19 | £99,609.00 | £104,409.00 | £108,408.00 | £110,008.00 |